Students at a school in Essex are feeling bereft because of a rule banning them from having beards or facial hair.
Colchester Royal Grammar School says that only students in sixth-form are allowed to grow their facial hair, apart from those with religious exemptions.The rule has been in place for some time, but has only recently been strictly enforced, according to one irate student at the school.
”Read more: Protest erupts over school's 'prison rules' as students suspended for being two minutes late and asking to use toiletRead more: Christian teacher who 'misgendered' trans pupil banned from profession - but defiantly vows to appeal decisionA spokesman for the school said: "All students from Years 7 to 11 are, however, requested to be clean shaven,” he confirmed.The school spokesman claimed that the rule had been consistently applied and never questioned.
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